Sewing Catchup 3 - Using up Remnants

Number 3 of a sewing catchup posts.

When I was a teenager, I did a lot of sailing on lakes in PA.  And hubby and I owned a sailboat in the early years of our marriage. We soon tired of boat ownership and lake sailing. Now we let someone else do the sailing and boat maintenance and we enjoy the ride.  In Jan 2025, we went on a cruise that visited Bermuda, St. Lucia, Dominica, Antigua, St. Kitts, Iles des Saintes, and Martinique. It was on the Star Clipper, a five-masted sailing ship built as a cruise ship.

 The sails are used for parts of the trip.  When they raise the sails for departure from port, they play Conquest of Paradise by Vangelis, from the movie 1492, on the loudspeaker. It is very moving. For long distances, the engines are used. On this trip we had a sailing race between islands with a similar sister ship from the same company. It was very "sailing the high seas" exciting. 

 For the trip I made a cotton/linen dress featuring multiple drawstring channels for shaping. A style I was seeing a lot of at the time and wanted to try for myself. The pattern was the Jimena dress from @etta.sewingpatterns.

The dress required a lot of gathering. It was fun to wear. Definitely a beach/vacation type dress. Not a go to the grocery store dress.

Jimena Dress

 I had large remnants of the fabric used for the dress, a striped cotton/linen, from Mood Fabrics. To use them up I made the Malibu Shirt from https://www.etsy.com/shop/staystitchpatternco. 

I liked the way the front band is looped at the bottom to scrunch up the fabric at center front.

Malibu Shirt